Draft:Gurbux Singh Grewal

Gurbux Singh Grewal
Personal information
Nickname	Gurbux Singh (Railways)
Nationality	India
Relative	Balbir Singh Grewal (brother)
Sport
Sport	Field hockey
Event	Men's team
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing India
Olympic Games

Submission declined on 20 September 2024 by Johannes Maximilian (talk).

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you have not resolved the issues listed above, your draft will be declined again and potentially deleted.
If you need extra help, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors.
Please do not remove reviewer comments or this notice until the submission is accepted.

Where to get help

If you need help editing or submitting your draft, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. These venues are only for help with editing and the submission process, not to get reviews.
If you need feedback on your draft, or if the review is taking a lot of time, you can try asking for help on the talk page of a relevant WikiProject. Some WikiProjects are more active than others so a speedy reply is not guaranteed.

How to improve a draft

Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a basic overview on how to edit Wikipedia.
Help:Wikitext – how to use the markup
Help:Referencing for beginners – how to include references
Wikipedia:Article development – how to develop your article
Wikipedia:Writing better articles – how to improve your article
Wikipedia:Verifiability – make sure your article includes reliable third-party sources

You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article.

Improving your odds of a speedy review

To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags.

Add tags to your draft

Editor resources

Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs

Declined by Johannes Maximilian 2 months ago. Last edited by Johannes Maximilian 2 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

Resubmit

Please note that if the issues are not fixed, the draft will be declined again.

Gurbux ('Gurbakhsh') Singh Grewal, also known as Gurbux Singh (Railways), is a retired Indian field hockey player. He played for Railways in the Indian Senior National Hockey Championship. He was part of the Indian team that won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics. His brother is the Indian hockey international Balbir Singh Grewal..^[1]

After his retirement, he unsuccessfully contested Mumbai Hockey Association elections, for the post of Secretary in 2009^[2] and President in 2015^[3]

References

^ Venkatraman, Gayathri (28 January 2023). "Brothers who played hockey for India". The Bridge. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "Carvalho group sweeps Mumbai hockey elections". Rediff.com. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "Olympians bite the dust in Mumbai Hockey Association elections". The Times of India. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

This article has no link in Wikidata

Category:Living people Category:Indian male field hockey players Category:Olympic field hockey players for India Category:Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists for India Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey Category:Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Category:Field hockey players from Punjab, India

This biographical article relating to an Indian field hockey figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Venkatraman, Gayathri (28 January 2023). "Brothers who played hockey for India". The Bridge. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[2] "Carvalho group sweeps Mumbai hockey elections". Rediff.com. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[3] "Olympians bite the dust in Mumbai Hockey Association elections". The Times of India. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[1]

[2]

[3]